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Nursing at University of Massachusetts - Boston

If you are interested in studying nursing, you may want to check out the program at University of Massachusetts - Boston. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UMass Boston is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 16,259. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 40 students received their master's degree in nursing.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Nursing section at the bottom of this page.

UMass Boston Nursing Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Nursing
  • Doctorate Degree in Nursing

UMass Boston Nursing Rankings

There were 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #177 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nursing Student Demographics at UMass Boston

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at University of Massachusetts - Boston.

UMass Boston Nursing Master’s Program

95% Women
38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 5% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 95% went to women.

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Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from UMass Boston, 60% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Massachusetts - Boston with a master's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 24
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for University of Massachusetts - Boston.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Registered Nurses 80,630 $92,140
Medical and Health Services Managers 15,380 $133,900
Nurse Practitioners 6,200 $122,740
Nursing Instructors and Professors 1,720 $87,970
Nurse Anesthetists 810 $191,320

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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